2020 US election: These are the strong women behind Joe Biden

America has voted: Joe Biden is the new US President.

And he's sure to have the support of two special women: Jill Biden and Kamala Harris.

Washington - It was a close race at first.

But since the weekend it has been clear that

will replace

as

in January

.

How

as

remains to be seen.

However, the two

who will support

politically and emotionally

as

are already promising

:

and

.

2020 US election: Kamala Harris, the first black female vice president

"We did it, we did it, Joe," calls

, dressed in sports shorts and shirt, into her phone.

A radiant smile on her face.

The video in which this scene can be seen shows the first phone call between the new

and the new

after the first media announced the final

.

was jogging at the moment.

Other videos show them dancing next to their employees or taking a selfie shoot in the midst of supporters.

But the woman who appears so approachable and authentic in public should also have enormous ambition and assertiveness.

, the first black and female to serve in this office, became the first black District Attorney for San Francisco when she was 30.

She then served as California Attorney General for six years - also the first

.

“I'm black and proud of it,” said Harris.

“

is smart, tough.

She has experience.

A fighter for the middle class.

She knows how to govern and make tough decisions.

She can get started with this job straight away, ”

quotes

.

He himself has already experienced firsthand how tough Harris is: In the primary campaign, she attacked him because of his stance on the subject of integrating schools.

But later she commented on her remarks with "It was just a debate".

She will of course do everything possible to get Biden elected.

And promised him in her first victory speech that he could rely on her loyalty.

First Lady Jill Biden: Special education teacher who struggles with moving into the White House

While

supports

in everyday political life, she probably gives him emotional support - and occasionally also unofficially takes on the role of a

bodyguard

:

, to whom Joe Biden has been married for 43 years.

During the election campaign phase, the teacher and doctor of education repeatedly campaigned for her husband in public.

In March, for example, she made headlines when she fended off two veganism activists who had stormed onto the stage at a performance by her husband.

Later she withdrew

gently but clearly when he got too close to the journalists in conversation.

At 77,

belongs to the risk group in the

.

Jill Biden's epic tussle: In split-second blocking maneuver, she protects husband from lunging vegans https://t.co/obcEsUHPKS

- The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 4, 2020

But with all the support: It is questionable whether

and her husband will spend so much time together in the coming years.

Because even as a

, she will probably hold onto her own career and teach at a so-called community college, an intermediate level between school and university.

With a move, she would have to give up her students there.

“Most American women have a working life and a family life, but first ladies never really had the right to do so,”

quotes

history professor Katherine Jellison.

"Perhaps the Americans are now ready for a first lady who is not on call around the clock in the White House."